In Remembrance...

Tyler
(posted on 8/17/05)

Hi all-
Tyler the pug died today. She was 13 1/2 years old.

Tyler had an amazing life and too many adventures to count. She hiked and camped and swam. She chased horses and cows and bulls. She escaped from home
many times and had friends and family chase her down. She loved that "game." She sneezed on alot of folks as well as emptied various other body fluids on them,
their furniture and their cars. She hosted 12 birthday parties and raised several hundred dollars for Animal Trustees of Austin. She never met a stranger. She never ate slowly. She never missed an opportunity to scream at the top of her lungs when we arrived at a destination. She could howl like crazy at the name of her best friend (a hound dog/sheppard mix about 5 times her size). She could say "I Love You." She cheated death for the past 4 years. She accepted the birth of Lily with curiosity and grace.

When Tyler was about 6 months her and I went hiking along Bull Creek. Tyler saw a golden lab and, being the fearless "big" dog she was, she chased it. She made it about half way across Bull Creek before she was carried away by the creek. The creek washed her over a 6 foot waterfall, backwards. When she reached the bottom, she swam to the side like nothing happened, excited about the ride. A man on her side of the creek climbed down and got her while I walked across to that side. When he handed her to me he said it was no problem because "they are your family, you know?"

Tyler was a deeply loved member of our family and we will miss her tremendously.